Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | October
THE famous Hull Truck Theatre Company is coming to Worcester's Swan Theatre with its latest production. more...
THERE'S only one theatre that could carry off a whodunnit production and give every member of the audience a part to play. more...
The next Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society production at the Market Theatre will be Meeting Bea, from the award-winning pen of LADS member and BBC Radio dramatist, Eric Pringle. more...
DESPITE 46 years' experience of the acting profession in innumerable top-flight shows, Richard Briers admits to feeling a twinge of nerves before he takes to the stage in his latest production. more...
A SELECTION of the best art-house movies of the last few months - plus one old favourite - make up the latest movie season on Wednesday nights at the Forum, Malvern. more...
THE director of The Sixth Sense, widely regarded as one of the spook- iest movies of recent years, returns with a new film. more...
"NOW that's magic. You'll like this, not a lot, but you'll like it," says Paul Daniels in a shrill voice as he impersonates people who impersonate him. more...
ECCENTRIC Rive Gauche punk band the Tiger Lillies have been banned from London's chic venue the Union Chapel because of their songs about bestiality, perversion, whoredom and a jolly ditty on crucifixion called Banging In The Nails. more...
Elvis Treasures by Robert Gordon (Carlton, £30) more...
THE Festive Gift Fair is a vibrant four-day Christmas shopping experience perfectly timed four weeks before the big day. more...
This year's British International Motor Show, in association with The Daily Telegraph, promises to be the best yet - with something for all the family. more...
A NIGHT of raucous ska-punk launches another week at the Marr's Bar in Worcester tomorrow (Saturday). more...
THE spirit of jazz legend Benny Goodman is alive and well and appearing at Hanley Castle High School tonight (Friday). more...
FOLK singer Vin Garbutt has been working non-stop since 1969 and has toured worldwide as well as every part of Britain. more...
ECLECTIC Spin Thing returns to the Great Malvern Club tomorrow (Saturday) for an evening of house, hip-hop and funk. DJs Jimmy D, Funky Monsta, Skritch and Stokesy will be driving the decks with hip-hop in the main room, accompanied by Hypnopuppy's state-of-the-art visuals. In the basement, DJs Ape-11, and Mr Hej will be delivering a selection of chilled beats and breaks, house and funk with live percussion. Entry is £3 and doors open at 8pm (no admission after 10.30pm). more...
MALVERN-born violinist Eleanor Percy and Worc-ester ensemble Volante Strings are among featured players in Worcester Con-cert Club's 2002-3 season. more...
ELIZA Carthy brings her own distinctive brand of traditional music to Hereford's Courtyard tomorrow (Saturday). more...
A MALVERN based choir will be performing at an historic manor house in the Hereford-shire countryside. more...
EVESHAM actor Ray Tomasi makes a return to the Cheltenham stage next week after a 25-year absence. more...
Exuberant comic star Robin Williams doesn't think it's odd that he has suddenly shaken up his screen image by doing a trio of back-to-back dark roles. more...
The estimable Guildhall Strings, led by Lawrence Jackson, gave the opening concert for this year's Autumn in Malvern Festival', which is celebrating Norwegian and English music and art. more...
Malvern Concert Club's 100th season was launched in style by a most accomplished recital performed by French pianist Philippe Cassard. more...
IF you think 209 is the number of the local bus you get into town, think again. more...
WILD singer Pink will be guaranteed to get the party started when she comes to The Birmingham Academy as one of her limited UK dates. more...
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 8 Concerto for Piano and orchestra op 37 Grose Fuge op 133 arranged for string orchestra more...
MALVERN Theatre Players are about to hold open auditions for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, being staged next year. more...
FRENCH jive dancing lessons are now being run at Holy Trinity Church hall in Link Top, Malvern on Thursdays. No partner is necessary and the cost of the hour-long sessions, which start at 7.30pm, is £3 per person. Anyone between the ages of 16 and 80 can join. More information on 01386 556665. more...
THE next Ledbury meeting of the Worcester Locomotive Society is on Friday, October 11, at the Brewery Inn, Bye Street, when Dave Withey gives a talk entitled Tour de France et Angleterre. The meeting starts at 8pm. more...
MALVERN Recorded Jazz Society's next meeting is on Wednesday, October 16, when Malcolm Davies presents Vernon Duke, Kern, Porter, Youmans and Schwartze. The meeting is at the Civil Service Social Club, Spring Lane, at 7.30pm. more...
THE next swinging session by Abbey Jazz is on Sunday, October 13, at Malvern Rugby Club, starting at 8pm. Joining Len Thwaites (bass) are Mike Turner on clarinet, Jon Stone on trumpet, Bill Bickerton on piano and Tony Caldicott on drums. more...
RENOWNED Malvern artist David Prentice sees some of his early work on display at Malvern Theatres from Sunday. more...
LOCAL group the Avant Boyds return to Malvern tonight (Friday) with their Magic Bow Variety Show. more...
EVOCATIVE images of the countryside by a Pershore artist with an international pedigree are to go on display at a new exhibition at the Lyttelton House Gallery on Monday. more...
NEW oil paintings by David Eatwell will be on show at the Lower Nupend Gallery in Cradley from Sunday, October 6 until Sunday, October 20. more...
WEST Malvern based sculptress Rose Garrard was given the task of picking a winner from 150 entries received for Malvern Girls' College's third annual Prep School Art Exhibition last week. more...
A TALK on churches and a screening of a famous TV documentary are among the events in the Autumn in Malvern Festival next weekend. more...
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built between 1791 and 1815 but enjoyed only a few decades of prosperity before it was superseded by the railway, after the Birmingham and Gloucester line opened in 1840. more...
TELEVISION celebrity Pam Rhodes was in Bidford last Sunday, helping to promote the church to its residents. more...
NO fewer than six pubs are up for grabs in a new business-bonanza being offered by the Union Pub Company. more...
MG ROVER has announced a new sales initiative in partnership with Virgin Cars. more...
WEST Midlands MEP Malcolm Harbour will be sticking up for businesses in the two counties at the Conservative Party Conference. more...
A WORCESTER-based software company has developed an internet-based service which, it claims, will improve the potential of any website. more...
LIBERAL Democrats, aided by a man in a full-size cat costume called Colin, ensured delegates didn't leave Brighton empty handed. more...
ONCE again, the West Midlands drinks party was the only place to be on the opening night of the Labour party conference in Blackpool. more...
A VALE lorry driver and artist is putting together a book about one of Britain's most famous roads and is asking for help. more...
AN angry resident will receive a formal apology from Droitwich Spa Town Council after the authority erected a bus shelter outside his home without consulting him. more...
THE Alexandra Hospital is being equipped with chemical suits and decontamination shelters in the face of an increased threat of a biological weapons attacks. more...
YOUR article (Evening News, Wednesday, September 18) headlined "Waste plans up in smoke" referred to incinerators. more...
I WRITE in response to D J Hudson's letter concerning the lighting of beacons on Wednesday, September 18, published in Evening News on Monday, September 23. more...
AS I'm committed to democracy, I was delighted to hear at the full council meeting a speech by Jo Hodges calling for more democracy over planning issues. more...
IN the lead-up to the Countryside March, we witnessed every endeavour by those fortunate enough to be able to afford to live in our countryside to keep the matter in the public eye. more...
I WISH to make some points on the letter by Les Russell (You Say, Tuesday, September 24). more...
A judge has banned a factory worker from using the Internet after he had a romance with a 13-year-old schoolgirl he met through a chatline. more...
SUNSHINE and record crowds helped the Three Counties Agricultural Society to a much-needed success at its Autumn Garden and Country Show last weekend. more...
PLANS to improve road safety for schoolchildren in Barnards Green have received a lukewarm welcome from headteachers. more...
DOG owners have been caught short after Malvern Hills District Council ran out of its free `poop-scoop' bags. more...
OTHER hospices already had bedded units when an embryonic St Richard's set up home in Worcester's Castle Street in 1986. more...
AN appeal to help pay for its next Easier Access Trail is being launched by Malvern Hills Conservators. more...
I well remember, from my youth growing up on a hill farm, that at Harvest Festival the whole family rejoiced with a deep and personal joy - for the quality of life on the farm depended directly on the harvest. Nowadays, refrigeration and global transportation bring us fruit and out-of-season lamb from the Antipodes and the personal immediacy of harvest home has largely been lost. more...
A BRIGHTER Christmas is on the way for people in Great Malvern, Link Top and Malvern Link. more...
A horse branded unsafe to ride after an accident faces being shot unless he can be found a home. more...
THE English Symphony Orchestra's longest serving supporter has announced his resignation after 20 years. more...
MORE than 50 firefighters from across Herefordshire and Worcestershire battled through the night to bring a blaze on the Malvern Hills under control. more...
RESIDENTS of a Malvern street say their lives are being made a misery by people using an area near their houses as a communal toilet. more...
THIEVES made off with a load of lolly when they stole an ice cream van in Malvern Link last Friday. more...
A SET of new stamps marking the 150th anniversary of the pillar-box was launched in Malvern yesterday (Thursday). more...
MORGAN'S Le Mans racing car will make a rare appearance in its home town this weekend. more...
PARISH councillors in Malvern Wells have accused the Three Counties Showground of abandoning its "good neighbourly regard" for nearby residents. more...
AS a resident of Queens Drive, I would like to send our heartfelt thanks to our wonderful Fire Service, who, for the second time this year, had to attend a serious fire on North Hill this week. more...
BUYERS are being given the rare chance to snap up their very own piece of the Malvern Hills after the Little Malvern Estate put 28 acres of land up for sale. more...
GARDENERS from all over the Vale gathered at an awards ceremony last Friday to celebrate Evesham in Bloom at the town's public hall. more...
ON behalf of the Malvern Support Group of Acorns Children's Hospice Trust, I would like to thank the many people who attended the concert at Worcester Cathedral on September 28. more...
A DISUSED Victorian toilet block at Link Top may be about to provide its new owner with the ultimate in bijou living after he announced ambitious conversion plans. more...
A COUPLE from Badsey have completed a double in the admag Small Gardens Competition. more...
With increased pressure being placed on Herefordshire Council (`Petition planned in call to reduce speed limit,' Ledbury Reporter, September 27) perhaps it will at long last take action to reduce the serious threat imposed by heavy and speeding traffic on the A417 through Ashperton. more...
A DECISION on a new hospital for Malvern will not be made until at least December. more...
KIND hearted neighbours in Badsey surprised a newly-wed couple and raised money for the Acorns children's hospice at the same time. more...
WE respect the opinion of your reader, Alison Pickford (Your Letters, September 27) but wish to correct some of the comments. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council's Director of Social Services, Jennie Bashforth, speaking to a meeting of the Carers' Association, stressed her commitment to the development of home care services to enable elderly and disabled people to stay in their own homes for as long as possible. more...
EVERYBODY should visit the area around the stream at the south end of the Priory Park. It has been beautifully landscaped by Malvern Hills District Council in a way that does it great credit. more...
I shall not indulge in Malvern Town Council bashing, I will leave that to others, but there is one thing that I fail to understand in the saga of the bus shelter replacement in Church Street. Why do the rate payers of Malvern have to meet the bill? more...
TWENTY-SEVEN thousand pounds for a bus shelter (Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter, September 27) - crazy! more...
Why is it that people like Lesley Arden, who is new to the Malvern Wells area, can dictate to the council about noise from the Three Counties Showground? more...
THE Three Counties Showground was here long before Lesley Arden and others came to live here. more...
IT is with great sadness that I find myself writing this letter, after over 20 years service in the Fire Service. more...
FOLLOWING your front page article (Malvern Gazette, September 27) about noise from the Three Counties Showground, I feel I must write to put Lesley Arden in the picture. more...
HAVING waited over 20 years for a decision about the development of a new hospital - or now a "Community Health Resource Centre" - on the Seaford Court site, we imagine the people of Malvern won't find it too difficult to summon up the patience to wait another three months, as they were asked to at this week's meeting of the South Worcester-shire Primary Care Trust. more...
CHILDREN and staff at Evesham's Leapfrog Day Nursery hope peace will grow after they planted a tree to mark the UN International Day of Peace. more...
ILLUMINATED signs could soon be erected outside the Co-op in Upton. The company has applied for permission from Malvern Hills District Council as part of a national scheme to improve signs on the front of all its stores. The signs will include one which says `Co-op Upton-upon-Severn' in large letters, along with others advertising the opening times and goods for sale. more...
A QUIZ takes place in Hanley Swan next Friday (October 11) to raise funds for the village hall. Hall doors open at 7.30pm with the first question at 7.45pm. Tables should be booked in fours from quizmaster Brian Symonds on 01684 311198. Entry £2 a head. more...
A HARVEST lunch takes place at the Church Room, Upton, at 12.15pm on Sunday (October 6). Tickets and help lists from churches in Upton, Ripple, Earls Croome, Hill Croome, The Hook and Strensham. more...
BOTTLES of non-alcoholic drink are being sought by the Friends of Upton and the Hook Churches for a raffle at its Community Fair on October 26. The groups have discovered that to have bottles of wine, beer or spirits a licence would be needed, which would require a trip to magistrates' court and payment of a £10 fee. The event will take place in the Memorial Hall on Old Street. Prizes should be dropped off at 11 Riverside Close, Upton. more...
A PERSHORE school went all continental for the day by celebrating Europe and its many languages. more...
A COOKERY demonstration takes place at Hanley Castle High School to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The Early Ideas for Christmas event is at 7.15pm on Thursday (October 10). Tickets are £7.50, available from Jean Bowden on 01684 561743 or Sheila Hughes on 01684 563424. more...
ISAMBARD Kingdom Brunel, the man responsible for many amazing feats of 19th Century engineering, is the subject of a talk being given to Upton Civic Society on Wednesday (October 9). Hamish Dawson will be the speaker at 7.30pm, at the Memorial Hall. Non-members are welcome. more...
RADIO telemetry systems, computer equipment, a telephone and a pen were stolen from an Upton firm over the weekend. more...
LIGHTS will not be put up in the old churchyard in Upton this Christmas because so many of them were vandalised last year. more...
I'VE been following the dialogue on the present crisis in the Middle East with a great deal of interest. more...
HUNDREDS of pounds in cash and stamps were stolen from the Tourist Information Centre in Upton. more...
AFRICAN workshops organised to raise funds for a school in Nairobi provided educational entertainment for more than 100 people last weekend. more...
WEST Worcestershire MP Sir Michael Spicer promised to quiz the Government about several aspects of farming after visiting Upton on Monday. more...
Drinking outside Upton's riverside pubs could be a thing of the past if the town centre is made an alcohol-free zone. more...
A FAMILY had a lucky escape from serious injury 100 years ago this week in a near collision between an hansom cab and a goods train on the former level crossing in Shrub Hill Road. more...
1802: A melancholy circumstance occurred at Droitwich on Wednesday last. Mrs Davis of that place, near 80 years of age, during the absence of her servant-maid on an errand, unfortunately fell into the fire and, on the girl's return, was found quite dead and shockingly burnt. more...
THERE were troubled waters at Worcester in Edwardian times with regular protests about the pleasure steamers plying the Severn. more...
FEW children will enjoy as much razzmatazz as they set off on holiday as the three county youngsters whose stories are told on Page 3 today. more...
TOMORROW (Saturday), Berrow with Pendock PCC invites you to donate as many items as you can to a silent auction. more...
LAST weekend saw the final milk deliveries by Malcolm and Mary Clueit to their many customers in Bosbury. After nearly 30 years in the trade, with declining milk sales due to many more households choosing to purchase their milk from supermarkets, they find they have to hang up their bottles. Over the last few months they have tried unsuccessfully to find someone prepared to take over the milk round. They are very concerned that their decision may well cause hardship and hope that friends and neighbours will rally round and ensure that elderly housebound residents are taken care of. Over the last six years Malcolm and Mary have collected £1,953 for the NSPCC delivering their gift envelopes every October with their regular pintas. We shall miss them and the excellent dependable service they provided. They hope to continue to serve you with their taxi service called MC Private Hire, phone no (01531) 636736 or 07974 799097. We wish them every success in the future and thank them for the contribution they made to our village life. more...
THE united service for the benefice was held last Sunday morning at St James' Church. The service was conducted by Reverend David Nichol with organist Carlton Tarr, reading by Joan Smith and prayers of intercession led by Lynn Nichol. Children of the Junior Church took part in the service and Thomas Nichol (keyboard), Catherine Green (tambourine) and Louisa Sandy (violin) accompanied two of the hymns. The guest preacher was Rev Yemi Adedeji from Nigeria who is working in London as the marketing and events manager for the Church Missionary Society. He explained that it was through the CMS that he received his education and was in his present job. more...
SUNDAY, October 13 - harvest festival service at 11.15am followed by lunch in church. All welcome. To help with catering notify numbers and offers of food to Mrs Leake, 01684 833339. more...
THE Percy Picton Memorial Lecture will take place on October 7 at 7pm in the village hall when Paul Picton will speak about his father in Percy Picton - the Plantsman and his Plants. Tickets available from John Goodwin estate agent or on the door. more...
THE church bells rang out welcoming worshippers to the harvest festival service at St Margaret's Church, Corse. On the way to the church orchards with trees bearing heavy crops of apples could be seen and soon they will be ready to be made into cider for which they are grown. The harvest festival service was attended by parishioners from the four parishes of Hartpury, Corse, Staunton and Maisemore within the benefice. The church was decorated with seasonal flowers and fruit and vegetables and a sheaf of corn, a reminder of the farming community around. Canon John Evans welcomed the large congregation which included members of the 1st Staunton and Corse Cubs and Scouts and Beavers. Children had taken their harvest gifts to the altar, which were to be taken for the homeless in Gloucester. The celebration of Holy Communion was conducted by the Reverend Penny Hamer with Canon Evans and the well loved harvest hymns were accompanied by Holly Chapman, the organist. After the service a harvest lunch was enjoyed, prepared and served by PCC members and friends. more...
THE prize winners at the village hall fortnightly whist drive were: Peggy Baxter, Gill Cheary, Doreen Quiney, Lilyan Hopkins, Sylvia White, Joyce Rusling, Thurza Curtiss, Dave Bunn, Rena Harley, Pat Gisby, Ron Baxter, Ivory Drew, Nancy Bennett, Audrey Evans. Next whist drive on Wednesday, October 9 at 8pm. more...
HARVEST festival will be celebrated at St Mary's Church, Madresfield, on Sunday at 11am and at Guarlford Church on Thursday at 6.30pm. more...
ALL Saints' Church, Hollybush, will be celebrating their harvest festival this Sunday at 6.30pm. The speaker will be Sue Cosker who will enlighten us on her very exciting and involved trip to Africa earlier this year. Hopefully the benefice choir will be in attendance to contribute to the sung evensong. more...
FOLLOWING the tragic death of Jo Woodward (aged 22) in a car accident in Malvern, St Mary's Church was packed with people on Tuesday, September 17, for a thanksgiving service. Tribute was paid to Jo and the service included music that she liked to listen to. After Jo was laid to rest in St Mary's Churchyard family and friends gathered in the village hall to comfort her parents, Colin and Mary Woodward. more...
MALVERN Wells Village Hall was the venue on September 28 for an immensely enjoyable supper and Olde Tyme music hall arranged by the Revellers. The food was delicious and the entertainment varied and tuneful. Peter Buchanan gave us a monologue and there was a sketch by the players. Our MC Mike Jackson had a fund of stories and jokes. more...
ROGER Toleman, of the Woodland Trust, was guest speaker at Powick Guild last month. He gave a brief history of the Woodland Trust and its development explaining that just a mere 10 per cent of the country was under timber. In recent times 40 million trees were destroyed mainly by Dutch elm disease and the great storm of 1987. Illustrated slides were shown of the work of preserving cover for wildlife, badgers, bats, birds and butterflies. A vote of thanks was proposed by Dorothy Applebee. The October meeting on Tuesday, October 8 will be an airing and sharing of memories and useful labour saving hints in Powick Parish Hall at 2.30pm. more...
MEMBERS of Staunton PCC and friends will be busy decorating the Parish Church of St James, Staunton, in readiness for the harvest festival service on Sunday at 10.30am conducted by Canon John Evans. Local ringers under their tower captain Jim Chapman will be welcoming people to the service and afterwards there will be a harvest lunch in the church. more...
THE new History of Wellington Heath is due to be published at the end of November and the presentation of the draft by Peter Garnett and Allan Wood on Friday evening was very well attended. Peter spoke about the life and times of the village and Allan showed slides of houses and locations all of which are reproduced in the book. The response was most encouraging and over 80 people placed a pre-publication order. However, as the money is essential for the printing costs, Peter and Allan would like to remind those people who filled in order forms but did not pay their £10 to please do so! more...
Prospects remain good for the introduction of improved transport services, in particular an evening bus service, through West Malvern as a result of the planned joint bid by the parish council together with Ledbury, Colwall and Malvern Wells for Government funding in the form of a Parish Transport Grant. The parishes could also benefit under a Rural Bus Challenge bid to be submitted to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions by Worcestershire County Council be later this month. The success or otherwise of that bid, made in competition with other local authorities, will not be known until early next year. The parishes therefore decided at a meeting this week to delay submitting their own bid until the content of the county bid is known, and then tailoring their own application to dovetail with it. If one or both bids are successful, there appears to be a real possibility of a regular evening shuttle service with several return trips linking the four parishes from about 6pm to midnight on two or three nights a week. However it is unlikely any service would be operative before spring. more...
A MOVING story unfolds tomorrow as Kidderminster Hospital services change location. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council's fostering and adoption team helped sow the seeds of love by handing out information about both topics at the Autumn Garden Show, near Malvern, last weekend. more...
WORCESTER people are being urged to put their dancing shoes on for a new series of Biodanza classes. more...
BORED children are being warned not to dice with death by playing near an electricity pylon on a Worcester estate. more...
A HINDLIP resident has called on West Mercia Constabulary to justify buying almost 250 acres of land adjoining its headquarters. more...
DRIVERS are being warned the long-awaited Wyre Piddle bypass may look completed, but it is not yet finished. more...
GOLDEN oldie fans are in for a taste of the 1950s when musician Charlie Gracie comes to Worcester. more...
A SCHOOLBOY had his lung punctured when he was stabbed twice in the back with a screwdriver during a late-night fracas. more...
THE Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has launched a bid to get our feathered friends flocking back to the gardens of Worcestershire. more...
A HEREFORD man involved in a fracas outside his home agreed to be bound over at Worcester Crown Court. more...
SPORTING chiefs in the city have thrown their weight behind Worcester City Football Club's stadium bid. more...
PETTY vandalism is wrecking the lives of Malvern residents who claim fences have been smashed and trees broken. more...
HYPNOTHERAPY for people having difficulty giving up smoking will be just one of the remedies on offer when Tara's House come to Worcester tomorrow. more...
A MALVERN mum is urging everyone to get to know the symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia before winter. more...
A WORCESTER woman is "staggered" by the generous reaction she has had to a fund-raising walk for a city charity. more...
POLICE are urging people to check their paper money after counterfeit £20 notes started circulating in Evesham. more...
A RARE pillar-box in Malvern was chosen for the launch of the Royal Mail's new set of stamps. more...
MUMS and dads will be able to leave their children in a crèche while they seek valuable careers advice. more...
MALVERN Girls' College has become the first independent school in Worcestershire to actively reduce school traffic. more...
MORE than 50 new police officers have joined the West Mercia force after a huge advertising campaign to attract more recruits. more...
AN assault on a woman on a Worcester estate has led police to appeal for a vital witness to come forward. more...
THREE brave Worcestershire youngsters are busy packing their bags for a holiday of a lifetime at Disney World in Florida. more...
A MAN claimed a television belonged to him when he tried to take it from a Worcester hotel, the city's magistrates heard. more...
AFTER a gap of 30 years, football is returning to a Worcestershire village this weekend. more...
A YOUNG fan left heartbroken by her brief meeting with Pop Idol finalist Gareth Gates will soon be able to meet her hero again. more...
A POST office worker stole almost £12,000 from his employers to fund his motor racing. more...
MALVERN RFC have signed ex Stourbridge and Worcester RFC player Richard Wilde in time for tomorrow's (Saturday) Midlands One game at local rivals Luctonians. more...
SATURDAY more...
BURLY ex-Birmingham City defender Liam Daish brings a Havant & Waterlooville side packed with experience to St George's Lane tomorrow for City's latest league clash (3pm). more...
ALLAN Davies and Leon Jackson are the latest injury worries ahead of Worcester City's league clash with Havant & Waterlooville at St George's Lane tomorrow (3pm). more...
ANDY Keast is backing Worcester's wing wonders to bury Bedford. more...
HULL City boss Jan Molby is in danger of coming under fire from both sets of fans in tomorrow's keenly-awaited Nationwide League Division Three clash against his former club Kidderminster Harriers at Aggborough (3pm). more...
UPTON had their longest journey in the league campaign on Saturday when they travelled to Veseyans, east of Walsall, where a hard fiery game is always expected. more...
THE Senior Team from the Malvern Angels WRFC played their first fixture as a side since the formation of the Angels in May of last year. more...
MALVERN Town slumped to a disappointing Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division defeat at Gornal on Saturday. more...
THE Morgan Plus 4 (TOK 258) which won the two litre class at the 1962 Le Mans 24-hour race returned to the scene of its most famous triumph last weekend in the illustrious company of hundreds of other historic sports cars. more...
MALVERN Town entertain Tividale at the Langland Stadium tomorrow (Saturday) at 2.45pm, and will be looking for three points to help them pull away from the lower reaches of the Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division. more...
MALVERN Town progressed to the second round of the WFA Senior Urn, following a nailbiting finish at the Hereford Leisure Centre on Monday night. more...
MALVERN picked up their first league points of the season with an efficient display against a Leicester side who were expected to be among the front runners for promotion. more...
SATURDAY more...
MALVERN fought a brave battle against Kidderminster in their first Worcestershire League Division Two match of the season. more...
THIS was not the start Upton Ladies were looking for, first league game in Division Two and only nine players, but credit must go to all nine as Upton were beaten due to lack of players and not their ability to play good hockey. more...
MANOR PARK Squash Club held the finals of the Nationwide Summer Handicap competition at the club. more...
COLWALL got their West of England Premier League season underway with a solid team performance defeating Redland Ladies (Bristol) 4-1. more...
THE finals of the Malvern Inter-Club pairs bowls competition took place at the host club Malvern Victoria. more...
LEDBURY and District ASC swimmers enjoyed an exciting weekend when they travelled to Staffordshire to defend The Ledbury Challenge Shield. more...
THE inaugural year of the Chase & Upton Badminton Club's amalgamation has seen an enjoyable season of social and competitive badminton. more...
A LARGE field of competitors entered the Worcestershire Golf Club's Autumn Meeting Medal Competition. more...
HULL City boss Jan Molby is in danger of coming under fire from both sets of fans in tomorrow's keenly-awaited Nationwide League Division Three clash against his former club Kidderminster Harriers at Aggborough (3pm). more...
A FIRST defeat of the season blotted Bromsgrove Rovers' copybook last week but a home FA Trophy preliminary round clash with Banbury United tomorrow (3pm) offers the chance to return to winning ways. more...
HEREFORD United face a fixture pile-up starting with Dagenham & Redbridge's visit to Edgar Street tomorrow (3pm). more...
BURLY ex-Birmingham City defender Liam Daish brings a Havant & Waterlooville side packed with experience to St George's Lane tomorrow for City's latest league clash (3pm). more...
Barbourne AC's prolific carp pool at Cotheridge hosted its first silver fish contest when club secretary Paul Bosworth showed his versatility by taking the top individual weight. more...
JOHN Bickerton and David Park both shot two-over-par 74s in the first round of the £3million Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. more...
ANDY Keast is backing Worcester's wing wonders to bury Bedford. more...
ALLAN Davies and Leon Jackson are the latest injury worries ahead of Worcester City's league clash with Havant & Waterlooville at St George's Lane tomorrow (3pm). more...
DROITWICH Boys' neat passing football proved to be the biggest test so far this season for top of the table Welland in this Mercian Elgar Junior League U16s clash. more...
WELLAND recorded their first league win of the season by beating Bransford Rovers for the second time in seven days after last week's cup victory. more...
THE Old Bush got back to league action this week following their 2-1 Infirmary Cup victory over Archdales reserves and their 7-2 defeat against Worcester Premier side Droitwich Spa in the Katherine Rayner Cup. more...
THE Morgan Aero 8 continued their winning streak when they played The Brewery at home. more...
CLUB AC 30 triumphed over the previously unbeaten Bell Inn 98 on Sunday to record the highest goal tally and meanest defensive record in the Soccer Site Malvern Football League to date. more...
LANGLAND Sports blitzed Koinonia with a superb display of counter attacking football with Nick Kordas bagging six goals. more...
EXPRESS made their usual early exit from the WFA County cup but not before taking last season's finalists all the way in a match that had goals, good football and controversy. more...
MALVERN Rangers travelled to Redditch United's Valley Stadium last Wednesday to play Midland Combination Premier Division side Feckenham. more...
LAST Saturday Rangers secured their first league point of the season, this week it was their first victory, but only just! more...
MALVERN Town U18's continued their impressive form, with a 7-2 hammering of Evesham United in the Midland Youth League at the Langland Stadium last Thursday night. more...
UPTON began their new season in North Midlands Division One with a mouth-watering tie against Stourport. more...
THE countdown is well underway for the much-awaited return of former boss Jan Molby to Aggborough. more...
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MALVERN confirmed their impressive start to the season with another emphatic victory on Sunday. more...
THE Malvern `Dogs' will look back at this game and wonder how the scoreline looked so one sided when in effect they dominated the first ten minutes, and actually outscored Leicester in the second half. more...
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